I don't know. The guy was posting stuff directly related to Japanese studies. He thought that studying kanji that had related themes could aid in acquisition. He offered to provide more examples if others found the method to help them, as well.

He was trying to be honestly helpful, and he gets ridiculed for it.

If you though his post was superfluous, a simple "please don't post lists of vocabulary" would have sufficed.

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The thing is, there are THOUSANDS of words you can connect with others thematically. Should we have a thread for body parts? A thread for "hand-kanji words"? A thread for flower words? A thread for time words?

That would really start to clutter up the forum and add to the noise-to-signal ratio.

What can you SAY about a post like that? What kind of conversation can it bring up? What kind of feedback and interaction? This is a forum, after all.

I don't disagree with you. I just don't think someone who is trying to be helpful should be disparaged and made fun of. It's not a very good way to foster a sense of community here at the forums OR to encourage people in their studies.

A gentle reprimand would be enough.

I mean, it's not like he was being cocky or coming up with something totally off the wall.

Thank you very much for your comments. I am actually in the process of building up some vocabulary lists for JLPT L1 myself, and I just thought it would be useful to share it with the board. I understand that most board members do not like it, and I will not post any more such threads.

As the contents of this thread has deviated from the aim of the forum, do you prefer to have it removed? If you do, I do not mind and you are welcome to notify the board moderator.

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Reading 李香蘭 私の半生

Please note that:1. English is not my first language.2. I am not Japanese. I am prone to making mistakes so please point them out if you see any.

AJBryant wrote:The thing is, there are THOUSANDS of words you can connect with others thematically. Should we have a thread for body parts? A thread for "hand-kanji words"? A thread for flower words? A thread for time words?

he obviously didnt know cause if he did he probably wouldnt post the thread

AJBryant wrote:That's why we have dictionaries.

which he may not have

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comment on it in a post, lock the thread, delete after a couple of days and PM him with a reason

thats what i'd suggest tho i cant say i got that much experience as a moderator and i'd probably find it a tiresome job

You know you've been hanging around a forum too long when people start quoting you and agreeing

Sheesh. All this comment on a post, which while not particularly useful isn't particularly harmful either. If it hadn't been for all the backroom lawyers and people with a quip this thread would be buried down in the forum and ignored by all by now.